Harun
A Hebrew name meaning "exalted" or "high mountain", carried into Poland mostly through Arabic and Turkish families. Only about 124 men here hold it, so most Poles have never met a Harun.
Harun Pronunciation
Harun is pronounced KHAH-roon (/ˈxarun/).
What Harun means
Where Harun comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Harun is the Arabic and Turkish form of the Hebrew name Aharon, the name English speakers know as Aaron. Scholars have long debated what Aharon meant to its first bearers. Some link it to a root for mountain, and the sense reaches toward "high mountain" and "exalted." In the Hebrew Bible, Aharon is the brother of Moses and the first high priest.
The name traveled east and settled into Arabic and Turkish speech, where Harun grew common. Its most famous bearer is Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph who ruled from Baghdad and died in 809. He appears across the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes wandering his own city in disguise.
In Poland the name arrives with Turkish and Arabic families, and with parents who like how it sounds. A teacher reading a class register in Gdańsk may now find a Harun between a Hubert and an Igor. The Polish sense stays close to the old one: wywyższony, godny pochwały. Exalted, worthy of praise.
How many people are named Harun
1 in 172147 men in Poland is named Harun. 124 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3012 among male names.
Harun's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Harun as a middle name
Harun is a first name for 124 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2402nd, between Hamdi (15) and Hashim (15).
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#2400 Haider15
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#2401 Hamdi15
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#2402 Harun15
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#2403 Hashim15
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#2404 Iair15